Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in United Kingdom 

ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts) was founded in 1979, by Sorrel Carson and Caryll Ziegler. It was the first drama school to offer a training which encompassed all media: Live Theatre, TV & Film and Radio. Although today we are not the only school to teach both acting for camera and acting for the theatre throughout the three year and the post graduate programmes, there remains a marked paucity in this style of training.

ALRA moved into the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, originally a Victorian orphanage built on Wandsworth Common, in 1981 where it has a number of rehearsal studios, workshops and a theatre.

ALRA is a CDMT Accredited School. In 2000 ALRA received DaDA funding from the then Learning and Skills Council, now the EFA and BIS, and awarded the National Diploma in Professional Acting and the Certificate in Professional Acting for its three year and one year course respectively through Trinity College London. From 2011 these became the Diploma in Professional Acting Level 6 (three year) and Diploma in Professional Acting Level 5 (Post Grad).
ALRA Mission Statement:
ALRA aims to equip actors and theatre professionals with those skills fundamental to a productive and creative life in the performance industries.

ALRA is dedicated to helping students of all backgrounds and ages to enter the world of live and recorded arts.

ALRA has a distinguished record of training professionals prepared and ready to work and will continue to enhance that record in collaboration with the industry.

To achieve this we will:

Provide a specialist vocational drama education for students whose primary goal is to work in the entertainment industry

Expand & develop ALRA's links with the entertainment industry

Provide excellence in teaching, learning, student achievement and personal development